Chapter 173 172: Happy
Yang Chunyan laughed and said, "My husband is a barefoot doctor and is often not at home. My mother and brother do the housework. Now that the production quota has been implemented, he has to be busy collecting herbs and taking care of household affairs, so he has even less time to study."
"Yes, I only have time because I follow Grandpa." Wang Zhen tied the door with a rope and walked towards the backyard. "Did you find anything good this time?"
"Some Magnolia officinalis flowers, and some Magnolia officinalis bark..."
"That's right. Find more to sell while the price is good. You never know if the price will be good this year but will drop next year."
"There is still half a month left to harvest. If you miss it, even if you find it, you will have to wait until next year."
“Right!”
The two of them pulled the herbs to the backyard, and Yang Chunyan took the olives out of the bamboo basket. "Take a look at these small-leaf olives."
Wang Zhen picked it up and took a look. "The small leaf ones are good. They can be sold for 1 yuan per pound."
Yang Chunyan nodded and took out the Paris polyphylla. "This time when we went into the mountains, we also dug some Paris polyphylla, Polygonatum sibiricum, and some Ganoderma lucidum. We also shot a few black goats. There were too many things to carry, so we brought down what we could."
"Chrysanthemum, let me see." Wang Zhen picked up a piece from the bamboo basket. "Not bad, not bad. I'll let grandpa take a look." Then he went to the clinic outside.
Seeing him leave in a hurry, Yang Chunyan smiled and shook her head, picked Chonglou out of the bamboo basket and put it in a bamboo basket.
"Wang Zhen said that the Paris polyphylla you dug this time is very good. Let me take a look." Doctor Wang squatted in front of the bamboo basket.
Yang Chunyan picked up a large piece and handed it to him with a smile, "Take a look, there are more than ten pieces, so they must be quite old. The largest ones weigh several kilograms."
"Good, good, good!" Doctor Wang said several times after taking a look. "Xiao Yang's luck in the mountains is really good! It's rare to see a Paris polyphylla that has grown this big without its roots rotting."
"Yesterday I went to the forest farm where my uncle guards the mountain and found a few. My uncle's brother saw them and said he had seen them halfway up the mountain. That's where he found these big ones."
"Paridis likes to grow in cool and moist places. In places with poor drainage, the roots are prone to rot. Only when it grows on the middle slope of the forest, with thick humus soil and good drainage, will the roots not rot."
Yang Chunyan thought what Dr. Wang said made sense, and she wrote it down carefully before saying, "Thank you, Dr. Wang. I've saved some and will try to plant some when the fruits are ripe."
"It takes a long time to grow Paris polyphylla, but the returns are slow. As long as you have patience, the prospects are good." Doctor Wang said with a smile, "I will definitely go and see it when your trial planting is successful."
"good!"
Doctor Wang divided the Paris polyphylla into three piles. "These four pieces of special-grade Paris polyphylla are fifty yuan each, the first-grade ones in this pile are ten yuan per catty, and the second-grade ones are six yuan per catty."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan felt that the price was similar to what she had estimated. She thought that without considering other things, the four large ones could be sold for two hundred yuan. She was very happy and felt that this trip was not in vain.
Doctor Wang smiled and looked at the polygonatum. "These are all good quality. The price for wet goods is 50 cents per pound now." He stood up and said, "I'll go to the front and ask Wang Zhen to weigh them for you."
"Hey!" Before Yang Chunyan could pick out the phoenix eggs mixed in with the yellow ginseng, Wang Zhen came over and said, "Sister Yang, let's weigh them."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan suddenly remembered that there were still some Dendrobium officinale in it, so she took it out of the bamboo basket and handed it to him, "Here are some more Dendrobium."
Wang Zhen took it and looked at it. "This is a tree parasitic Dendrobium. It's 2.6 yuan per pound now."
"Okay!" Yang Chunyan then took out the other herbs from the bamboo basket.
After Wang Zhen looked at the Magnolia officinalis flowers and Magnolia officinalis bark, he still bought them at the first-class price last time. "55 catties of Magnolia officinalis flowers, 25 catties of bark, 15 catties of olive, 11 catties of first-class Paris polyphylla, 7 catties of second-class Paris polyphylla, 65 catties of Polygonatum sibiricum, 6 catties of Nephrolepis chinensis, Millettia reticulata..."
After they finished weighing the wet goods, they began to weigh the herbs. There were 90 kilograms of dry sticky grass, 85 kilograms of plantain, and 60 kilograms of radix scutellariae...
Wang Zhen saw so many useful things and said with a smile: "You are really capable. You have dug so many herbs in just a few days!"
Yang Chunyan did not hide it from him, "I didn't dig it myself. We were digging herbs to sell and the villagers found it. I asked my mother-in-law to collect the wet goods at home. I collected them at 2.5 cents per pound and dried them to make a little profit from the difference!"
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "That's right, it's a win-win solution. They can earn some pocket money, and your family can earn some too."
"That's what I thought, but it's really troublesome to clean up and dry them. I have to build several bamboo racks."
"The herbs you dry are indeed cleaner than those of other herbal farmers, so I feel safe using them."
Wang Zhen began to calculate the bill, "First-class Magnolia officinalis flower is 165 yuan, the peel is 62.5 yuan, special-class Paris polyphylla is 200 yuan, first-class Paris polyphylla is 110 yuan... first-class dried grass is 3 yuan per pound, plantain is 0.3 yuan, and rhizoma radix 5 yuan... a total of 805.5 yuan."
Yang Chunyan nodded, and took out the mutton, wild boar skin and bitter gallbladder, "I almost forgot about this, a wild black goat, they hunted it in the mountains yesterday, and brought it here for you to try."
"I won't be polite!" Wang Zhen took the mutton and wild boar gallbladder with a smile, "I'll weigh the wild boar skin when I come out."
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan helped to collect the herbs in the yard while he was in the house.
Zhou Huaian walked in. "Hey~ Have you weighed yourself? Third brother hasn't come back yet?"
"No! The bill has been settled. Doctor Xiao Wang has put in the gallbladder and mutton."
Zhou Huaian stepped forward to help, and asked with a smile, "What's the price of Chonglou and Huangjing?"
Yang Chunyan looked at him with a smile, "Huangjing is 50 cents a pound, and the four big ones of Paris polyphylla are sold..."
Zhou Huaian was overjoyed after hearing this, "It's so peaceful, let's go up the mountain and look for it carefully this afternoon."
Wang Zhen took out the money and laughed after hearing this. "Brother Zhou, we produce agarwood here. Next time you go up the mountain, look for it. It's really valuable!"
Zhou Huaian looked at him with sparkling eyes, "Really? Is that thing valuable? My brother said there is an agarwood tree on the mountain, but we haven't had time to see it yet!"
Wang Zhen immediately understood what he was talking about. "Artificially grown agarwood is more valuable, but the natural one is not much different."
Zhou Huaian rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, I'll stay in the mountains for two more days this time and look for it carefully."
"Then I'll wait for your good news." Wang Zhen said as he put the wild boar skin on the scale. "This wild boar skin is only 10.6 jin, 17 yuan, and the gallbladder is 30 yuan, a total of 854 yuan."
Zhou Huaian pointed at Yang Chunyan and said, "Give her the money, and I'll just run and work." Then he gave her the money in his pocket and said, "You see, give her mine too."
Yang Chunyan took the money and gave him a sidelong glance in reproach, "Ignore him, he's always so smooth-talking."
Wang Zhen smiled and said, "Brother Zhou has a good personality. It's not easy for the two of them to quarrel and get angry."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan thought it was the truth and took the money into the house to put it away.
"Ah! I have to coax her a little!" Zhou Huaian puffed out his chest and pointed at himself, "Look at me, a handsome guy at 1.75 meters tall, and I am often bullied by her and dare not say a word."
With a "puff", Wang Zhen grinned and showed his white teeth, "Brother Zhou is really fun to play with. I feel much better when I play with you."
"My family doesn't say that. I am still a well-known prodigal and second-rate person in our village."
Wang Zhen looked at him and said sincerely, "Brother Zhou, I believe you are not a second-rate person."
Zhou Huaian was stunned for a moment, then clasped his fists towards him and said, "Thank you!"
(End of this chapter)
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